It may have been a cold morning - with temperatures down to -4C - but students who turned up at Aylesford School Sports College wearing non-uniform coats were asked to hand them over.

Parents were outraged to receive calls from their offspring but the school is standing firm over the clampdown after letters were sent home in December reminding everyone of the uniform policy.

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Adel Ankers, whose daughter Charlotte, 16, was one of those challenged about her coat, said: "It’s absolutely disgusting. The school is putting its uniform policy ahead of Charlotte’s education."

Mrs Ankers said Charlotte was still recovering after spending much of last term off with glandular fever. She said: "She should not be asked to go without a coat and put her health at risk."

Elizabeth Lynch was similarly upset after her son Harrison, 14, went home.

She said: "We haven’t bought him a school coat, because I don't think they’re suitable. They’re not warm enough."

Nicole Tripp, 15, turned up for school wearing a black leather coat, but she refused to consent to its confiscation.

Her mother Toni Tripp said: "I’m livid. The school told me today they sent a letter home last term that everyone must wear school uniform, but I don’t remember getting one."

Head teacher Doug Lawson said: "We told pupils about the uniform policy and 32 coats were confiscated, but only until the end of the day.

"We did not tell pupils they had to go home, but eight pupils decided not to hand over their coats and, supported by their parents, left the school. We will be treating this as truancy."

Mr Lawson added it was a committee of parents, set up several years ago, which had decided the school's uniform policy. The regulation school coats cost £20.

"The majority of parents are very supportive of our standards and policy on uniform and we have been able to arrange grants for those who have problems affording the uniform,"added Mr Lawson.

"Many who had coats taken away have been doing the full range of school activities and we have a modern, warm buildings."